Mason Hayes & Curran -   Mason Hayes & Curran is pleased to announce the appointment of William Carmody as its new Head of Financial Services.    Mason Hayes & Curran's recognised team of banking specialists is one of the largest in Ireland, providing unparalleled financial services sector experience. Clients include major domestic and international banks, non-bank lenders, corporate borrowers and investment funds. William is also renowned for his expertise in the financing of renewable energy projects.   Click here to find out how William and his team can help you.  Compliments of Mason...

Stibbe - On 19 January 2018, the German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) published its judgment concerning an appeal brought by shoe manufacturer ASICS against a fining decision. The FCJ ruled that ASICS had infringed competition law by prohibiting its retailers from participating in price comparison websites. The judgment confirms the strict approach of German courts relating to vertical online sales restrictions. In August 2015, the German competition authority fined ASICS for restricting internet sales by authorised distributors in its selective...

Ernst & Young -  The approval of Basel III regulations resolves many key banking issues and provides some degree of certainty for the future of capital and liquidity requirements. However, increased fragmentation is expected as banks implement their own versions of reforms. Banks face continued pressure to keep pace with new technologies and respond to challenges and opportunities posed by disruptors to traditional banking models, such as new entrants, open banking and a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Tighter investor and supervisory...

Ernst & Young -  The pace and scale of disruption will continue to present a number of challenges to companies; however, opportunities to harness new technology and trends will undoubtedly emerge to reshape business models, improve companies’ performance and value creation, and focus on and address emerging risks. In this continually changing environment, board members need more than ever to focus on key and strategic priorities. That disruption takes many forms, including political instability fueled by economic uncertainty across the world,...

Lincoln International - Lincoln International is pleased to present its latest Food & Beverage DealReader. This quarterly publication focuses on public market valuation information and selected transactions of interest to owners and managers of food and beverage businesses and their advisors. Topics covered in this issue include: Current food and beverage public market valuations and operational metrics Historical food and beverage public market valuation trends Recent food and beverage merger & acquisition transactions We encourage you to download the pdf version of...

Ogletree Deakins - Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce new office managing shareholders in the firm’s Detroit (Metro), Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and St. Thomas offices. The new office managing shareholders were elected to their positions during Ogletree Deakins’ annual Shareholders Meeting. The new office managing shareholders are: Meg Alli, Detroit (Metro) Carolyn Russell, Houston Stacy Bunck, Kansas City David Raizman, Los Angeles Jon Harris, Nashville Michael Glass, Pittsburgh Simone Francis, St. Thomas “I’m excited...

Ogletree Deakins - Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Phoenix shareholder Nonnie Shivers and Pittsburgh shareholder W. Scott Hardy have been elected to the firm’s Board of Directors. Shivers and Hardy succeed Joseph Clees and Ron Chapman, who are returning to their practices in Phoenix and Dallas, respectively. Shivers has practiced in Ogletree Deakins’ Phoenix office since 2005 and was elected to shareholder in 2013. She focuses her practice...